Mumbai will host Otters Open, a $10,000 One Star PSA tournament, from August 8 to 13, 2006. The qualifying rounds will take place on August 8 and 9, and the main tournament will take place on August 10 to 13. Sixteen players will make the main draw and world number 35 Dan Jenson of Australia is the top seed. Ritwik Bhattacharya is the second seed and Saurav Ghosal is the third seed, while Gaurav Nandrajog received a wild card into the main draw.
The seedings:
1. Dan Jenson (Aus), 2. Ritwik Bhattacharya, 3. Sourav Ghosal, 4. Timothy Arnold (Mas), 5. Mohd. Adnan (Mas), 6. Darren Lewis (Eng), 7. Arthur Gaskin (Ire), 8. Friedrich Scheel (Ger).
2006 Otters Open (PSA) - Mumbai August 8-13, 2006
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Re: 2006 Otters Open (PSA) - Mumbai August 8-13, 2006
Dan Jenson withdrew from Otters Open (PSA) at Mumbai ... So our top 2 players were top seeded for this PSA tournament ... And both played true to their ranking to faced eachother in the final.
Both having interesting record behind them ... Ritwik Bhattacharya went into the final with an immaculate record of having never lost in six PSA finals ... Other hand Saurav was playing in only his 3rd PSA final having lost in the previous two ... Moreover 20-year-old had never beaten Ritwik in a PSA event.
But yesterday it changed infront of full house that included Aamir Khan along with his wife Kiran Rao.
$10 K Otters Open, Mumbai (1 Star Tournament)
[F] (2) Sourav Ghosal (IND) bt (1) Ritwik Bhattacharya 9-11 8-11 11-5 11-6 11-10 (2-0)
Jaydeep.
Both having interesting record behind them ... Ritwik Bhattacharya went into the final with an immaculate record of having never lost in six PSA finals ... Other hand Saurav was playing in only his 3rd PSA final having lost in the previous two ... Moreover 20-year-old had never beaten Ritwik in a PSA event.
But yesterday it changed infront of full house that included Aamir Khan along with his wife Kiran Rao.
$10 K Otters Open, Mumbai (1 Star Tournament)
[F] (2) Sourav Ghosal (IND) bt (1) Ritwik Bhattacharya 9-11 8-11 11-5 11-6 11-10 (2-0)
Saurav 3rd time luckyRitwik Bhattacharya - “I wanted to keep my record intact but I lost to an Indian. So it is all right.”
Sourav Ghosal - “In the first two games I was playing well but my shots weren’t coming in. A couple of calls were dodgy and I think I went a little overboard.” . “I hope this doesn’t affect my relationship with Ritwik as I value his friendship more than the title.”
Jaydeep.
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Re: 2006 Otters Open (PSA) - Mumbai August 8-13, 2006
The crowd were treated to a super exibition of squash, this sets up the squash scene very nicely for the next few months. Read Saurav's interviews onhttp://coachcyrus.wordpress.com/2006/08 ... times-clip http://coachcyrus.wordpress.com/2006/08 ... imes-clip/ and on http://coachcyrus.wordpress.com/2006/08 ... -articles/ http://coachcyrus.wordpress.com/2006/08 ... -articles/